This course will introduce modern video-based assessment methods of pragmatic language across six new pragmatics domains (including nonverbal language) that produce a comprehensive pragmatic language profile, and discuss how using these results leads to more accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. Social communication profiles of individuals with various neurodevelopmental disorders will also be reviewed to assist clinicians with differential diagnosis. The course is designed to address the needs of children and young adults, ages 6 to 18.

At a young age, children with communication disorders are at high risk for social punishment from their communicatively typical peers. This course will provide an overview of the emergence of bias in young children, explain the impact of negative attitudes on children with communication disorders, and offer recommendations on how to productively address negative peer attitudes.

SLPs see children with a variety of social-emotional challenges, but anxiety may be the most prevalent. This course will focus on anxiety and its impact on speech/language skills, as well as strategies to decrease anxiety in the children with whom SLPs work.

A large and complex feeling vocabulary is a prerequisite skill to emotional regulation and successful interpersonal interactions for children and adults. This course will provide information on evidence-based positive behavioral support (PBS) strategies for resolving and preventing challenging behaviors in young children (ages 18 months through 7 years) by recognizing, acknowledging and supporting children’s development of emotional literacy.

This is Part 3 of a three-part series on pragmatics and social communication. This course will describe social communication and how it differs from social skills. Treatment strategies and recommendations for targeting executive function, theory of mind, emotions and central coherence will also be addressed. (Part 1: Course 8335, Part 2: Course 8336)

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on pragmatics and social communication. This course will discuss how social communication impacts the goal of education and explain the difference between academic performance and functional performance. Factors to consider for service provision will also be addressed. (Part 1: Course 8335, Part 3: Course 8337)

This is Part 1 of a three-part series on pragmatics and social communication. This course will address standardized versus non-standardized assessments of pragmatics, components of social communication, and key terms and recommendations for early social communication.

Treatment for Selective Mutism has been demonstrated to be effective and implementable in the school and clinical setting. This course will include case studies and video to demonstrate successful behavioral intervention techniques.

This course will provide up-to-date information on how to assess a child with Selective Mutism. The assessment process is imperative to diagnose Selective Mutism as well as to develop an effective treatment plan.

This course will provide background information about the need for social-pragmatic group treatment with students having language impairments along with psychiatric diagnoses. Ideas for group facilitation, discussion topics and treatment activities will be provided.